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Internet explorer Frameset issue

Description

When using Internet Explorer 9 in a page within a frameset the CKeditor instance's menu bar covers the entire document and the editor area can not be seen. This is the same with FCKEditor 2.x as well which I tried as a back up. Pulled from the frameset the exact sane page works fine.

Result: Content area is not visible.
This is because page frame2.html has no doctype thus main page is displayed in "IE9 mode" and frame2 in "quirks mode". From what I have spoken with @wwalc IE9 has problems with let's say working with more than one mode.

Please note that frames are dead now. If you still want to use them please note that mixing doctypes is not way to go.
After consulting this issue with my colleagues we have decided to close it with couple of guide lines (based on users’ mistakes):

You can't use HTML5 doctype declaration for frameset. Frames are not supported in HTML5. HTML4 frameset declaration is needed here.

Don't forget to use head section in frameset page

Don't forget to put doctype declaration (HTML4 transitional or loose) in frame page because you will get in mixed doctypes and errors.

Please have a look attached zip file - it shows how frames should be used.